Perhaps you noticed the recent review of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca - if not, I’ll let you off if you go and read it now. I adored the book and it’s become one of my favourites. While I’m on to a winner, I thought I’d carry on with the Rebecca theme by discussing book covers. If you Google Rebecca, there’s hundreds of different cover interpretations spanning from 1938 when Rebecca was first published, up until as recent as the glorious 2000’s. Obviously, I won’t be discussing every single edition as we’d be here for a very long time, so I’ve just picked a handful where I’ll give my honest initial thoughts. This is literally a case of judging a book by its cover.
Overall this is just a relatively small selection of the many different book covers of an enduringly popular story. I guess this is the part where I pick a favourite. Hmm. If I had to go out and buy one tomorrow, purely based on looks and not on cost or vintage appeal, I think I’d go for the 2006 HarperCollins version.
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